Police seize uninsured ice cream van from provisional licence holder

The wife of a pensioner who was mugged on his way to hospital in Manchester city centre says she is 'livid' after claims she was forced to chase a response from police.

A building for police officer Taser training is set to be built in Whitefield. Bury Council’s planning committee will next week consider an application for the force to install the building at Whitefield Police Station, Bury New Road.

A driver who was stopped by police for a seatbelt offence was found with five large vacuum-packed bags of cannabis.

An easyJet plane was 'surrounded by police' on the runway after the pilot made an emergency landing on Wednesday afternoon (April 19).

The sickening crimes of a paedophile who sexually assaulted young girls and uploaded indecent images to the internet were exposed after his phones were seized by police.

Greater Manchester's police chief has revealed the force is actively pursuing child sexual exploitation suspects currently in Pakistan to face possible criminal charges here. Chief Constable Stephen Watson confirmed GMP was 'seeking to bring suspects in from Pakistan' but refused to elaborate further due to what he called 'judicial processes'.

A fearsome-looking 'Rambo' knife and a large machete were seized by police officers who chased down two masked men riding mopeds.

Police have issued an urgent appeal to trace a missing teenager not seen for more than 24 hours. Sophie Scawthorn, from Wrightington, went missing from her home between Mossy Lea and Wrightington Bar at around 7pm on Saturday (April 15).

Police are probing a total of six 'linked' arson attacks across Bolton that saw homes and a car targeted within the space of an hour.

Police have cordoned off part of a street in Bolton following a 'targeted' arson attack in the early hours of Sunday (April 16). Emergency services were initially called to the incident on Green Lane shortly after 12am.

Manchester United supporters have claimed that Virgil van Dijk is not even as good as Lisandro Martinez after Jamie Carragher claimed the Liverpool centre-back is better than Nemanja Vidic.

A cafe famed for its luxury ice cream has brought back its epic Easter egg desserts and customers can't get enough of them.

Eredivisie champions Ajax are reportedly considering a return for Donny van de Beek following his frustrating spell at Manchester United.

It's gone 7.30am and a police officer is carving through a metal shutter in the shadow of Strangeways Prison.

A woman who tragically died after falling ill on a Jet2 flight was aged in her 60s and from Cheshire, it has now been confirmed.

A man who was jailed for his part in a high-value robbery gang which saw cars stolen in a number of burglaries is 'wanted' and faces being recalled to prison, police said today.

A police officer dismissed revellers said to have been causing trouble during Eid celebrations in Manchester as 'smelly P***i c***s', a disciplinary hearing has been told.

Ben & Jerry’s will be giving away unlimited free ice cream all day today to celebrate its birthday. The annual ‘free cone day’ happens every year, with the worldwide ice cream giant letting fans loose on their favourite flavours.

These images show the terrifying weapons seized by police as disputes in the criminal underworld spilled out in the streets in two gangland shootings. Aaron Gray opened fire at a taxi office in Eccles before shooting at a house in Whitefield two months later.

Shops selling illegal vapes have been fired a warning after thousands were seized last month.